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G. H, MORGAN. REEL FOR RBELINGWIRBRODS.

Patented Dec. 10, 1889.

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0. H. MORGAN. REEL FOR REELING WIRE RODS.

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No. 416,941 Patented Dec. 10,1889.

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UNITED Y STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES II. MORGAN, OF \VORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

. REEL FOR REELING WIRE RODS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,941, dated December 10, 1889.

Application filed April 29, 1889. Serial No. 308,949 (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. MORGAN, of YVoroester, in the co unty of \Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Reels for Coiling Wire Rods, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification.

This invention has reference to reeling mechanism for receiving and laying in coils the wire rod as it is delivered from the last of a series of reducing-rolls, and has special reference to the discharging means for removing the coil from the reel.

In Letters Patent No. 224,9 t1, granted to me February 24, 1880, I have described an upright reel having a coiling-space inclosed between two rows of pins, and the present improvement relates to a reel of this description-that is to say, a reel mounted on .a vertical shaft, though it is immaterial how the coiling-space is formed.

I'Ieretofore I have combined with an upright reel a horizontal supporting and lifting platform and a shaft for raising the same concentric with the reel-supporting shaft, and such invention forms the subject-matter of. my application filed June 24, 1886, Serial No; 206,079.

,According to the present invention the discharging means, instead of being operated by a shaft concentric with the reel-shaft, are placed and operated outside of said shaft near the periphery of the reel. Such discharging devices consist of a series of vertically-moving arms,which, after the coil has been laid on the platform arranged to receive it, can be raised simultaneously, the horizontal part of said arms coming under the coil and lifting it clear of the reel-pins. The number of the lifting-arms and their arrangement may vary within wide limits and the means for raising them may be of any suitable description.

As my invention is herein embodied the coil, instead of being deposited upon a vertically-movable platform, is laid upon a series of radiating fins or ribs,with spaces between for the entrance and action of the lifting devices. These are preferably in the form of a bell-crank, having each a vertical and a hori- Each arm at the lower end has an anti-friction roller, and the armsare all pivotally connected with a spider-frame or other convenient mechanism for raising them simultaneously. Normallythat is, when the arms are down-they all incline away from the center of the reel, so that the ends of the horizontal parts are all clear of the rotating parts. \Vhen, however, the arms are raised, their rollers are acted upon by an incline or cam surface, causing them all to swing inward, bringing the horizontal parts under the coil and between the ribs on which it rests. In their further motion the arms have a vertical movement only, raising the coil until it is clear of the reel-pins. It is desirable for the sake of steadiness that the several arms should be connected at their upper as well as at their lower ends. This is effected by a ring which normally rests loosely on the reelplatform, and has a lateral groove extending around its entire periphery. The upper and inner ends of the lifting-arms as they swing inward enter this groove, so that all the arms are connected by means of the ring, which rises with them as they raise the coil. When the arms are lowered, they descend vertically until the ring again rests 011 the platform,

when they swing away from it into their normal position.

In the accompanying drawin gs, which form part of this specification, Figure 1 is an elevation of a reel constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2, a plan viewthere of; Fig. 3, a vertical section, and Figs. 4 and 5 detail views.

The reeling or coiling mechanism is inclosed in a stationary casing B, mounted on a standard or base a. The main driving-shaft b is mounted in bearings c c and carries the fast and loose pulleys (l d and the bevel-gear e. The upright reel-shat'tf is supported in the step-bearing c and is driven by the bevelgear a from gear 6. Shaft f carries at its upper end the disk or platform q. On this platform are a series of webs or ribs 8, arranged radially and at equal distances from each other, and the several webs have at each end bosses s, in which are inserted the reel pins or fingers r r, forming two concentric rings. The upper surfaces of webs or ribs 3 form a support, upon which the coil t is laid. Surrounding the upright shaft f is a sleeve g, having an external screw-thread or worm g,

which is engaged and driven bya worm-gear h, the thread being formed on the hub of a bevel-gear h, which receives motion from a gear 72?. Gear'h is keyed on a shaft 7;, journaled in bearings in blocks 7r c and on the Same shaft are two loose pulleys Z Z, which are driven through belting by any suitable prime motor, the said pulleys rotating in 0pposite directions. A clutch m is placed on a shaft k between the two pulleys, and a lever o, pivoted at 0', is provided for moving said clutch lengthwise of the shaft, so as to engage either of said pulleys. The clutch m is connected with shaft 70 by a spline and groove or similar connection, so that by throwing the clutch into engagement with one or the other of said pulleys the shaft will be driven in one direction or the other and the, sleeve g raised or lowered. In the position shown in the drawings the clutch is midway between the pulleys, and the shaft 7c is therefore stationary.

Sleeve 9 has at the top radial arms '1), and to the outer end of each arm is pivoted a lifting-arm, which consists of a vertical portion to and a horizontal portion w at the upper end. Each arm is inclosed in a hollow guide 0:, formed by projections of the casing B. These guides are vertical for the greater part of their length, but at the lower ends have aportion which is inclined inward toward the shaft of the reel. Each guide has in its vertical parta slot of suflicient width for the passage of the lifting-arm therein. Each of the lifting-arms is at its lower end pivoted to a roller 00, (see Fig. 4,) which is just the width of the hollow guide as, said roller being kept in the guide by the ribs Resting loosely on platform q is a ring it,

having a groove to in its side, the shape of" the groove being such that the tips V of the lifting-arms fit snugly therein,and the diameter of the ring being such that the ends of all the lifting-arms when in their vertical po sition rest against the bottom of the groove and clamp the ring between them.

The bottom of each of the hollow guides 50' is open, so that dust and other refuse matter that may collect therein can fall out. n is a hand-lever, pivoted in post a, for operating the clutch m, being connected to the bellcrank lever o by. a rod 19. On this rod are collars 1) 19 which the projection 02 of one of the radial armso strikes in its motion vup and down for the purpose of disengaging-the clutch.

In operation the wire is fed into the coilingspace between the pins 1" r in the usual way, the sleeve 9 being in its lowest position during the operation of coiling, and the liftingarms being in the position shown in dottedlines, Fig. 3. Said arms are caused to incline outward and project through the slots in the guide 00, because as the rollers 00 run down the inclined portions of said guides the said arms are turned on their pivots and their upper horizontal parts 10 are swung clear of the rotating platform q. \Vhen the coil is completed and the reel brought to rest, the operator raises the handle it until clutch m is thrown into engagement with pulley Z, whereupon shaft 76 begins to rotate in the direction to raise the sleeve g. The lifting-arms then begin to rise, rollers 01; running along the inclined portions of the guides, and gradually swing the arms into a vertical position, the horizontal members thereof passing under the coil 1. in the spaces between the ribs .9 until the tips of said arms engage the groove in ring a. This occurs just as rollers a: reach the angles of the guides and begin to ascend in the vertical portions thereof. By the further upward motion of the sleeve g the coil is lifted by'the arms (ring it rising with'the latter) until the projection 12 strikes stop 19, which throws the clutch at out of engagement with the pulley Z. As the upward motion of the sleeve is immediately arrested, the clutch is not moved far enough to engage pulley Z. The coil tcan now be removed by tongs y, Fig. 5, supported from an overhead track by a link at or by any other suitable means. sition of the coil when the lifting-arms reach the limit of their upward movement is shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 5 and in dotted lines in Fig. 3. \Vhen the coil 0 has been removed, the attendant depresses the handle it until clutch m is engaged with pulley l, whereby shaft 7c is rotated in the reverse direction, and sleeve g, with the lifting-arms and ring it, begins to descend. At the moment that ring it reaches platform q, and its further descent is thereby arrested, the rollers :20 begin to move over the inclines of the guides 00', so that the upper portions w of the lifting-arms swing outward away from the ring and project through the slots in said guides. The descent of the lifting apparatus is automatically arrested when the projection w strikes stop p 011 rod 19 and disengages the clutch.

It will be understood that different means from those describedmay be used to impart vertical movement to the lifting apparatus, and that in other matters of detail modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having now described my said invention what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a rotary reeling device mounted on a vertical shaft, of liftingarms normally out of contact with the coil, and mechanism for lifting said arms to raise the coil clear of the reel, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a rotary reeling device mounted on a Vertical axis, of discharging mechanism comprising a series of lifters stationary during the operation of coiling, and means for imparting thereto a vertical motion to raise the coil clear of the reel, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with an upright reel The po-v in which the bottom of the coiling-space is composed of a series of ribs with spaces be tween, of a series of lifting-arms arranged outside the reel, and mechanism for elevating said arms through said spaces to lift the coil oit its support and raise it clear of the reel, substantially as described.

4c. The combination, with an upright reel, of a series of lifting-arms arranged in a circle around the reel, a vertically-movable support to which said arms are pivoted, so that they can swing toward and away from the reel, and a series of guides, one for each arm, having an inclined portion for acting thereon to turn it on its pivot, and mechanism for raising said support to bring the arms under the coil and lift it clear of the reel, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a rotary reel on a vertical shaft, a vertically-movable support having radial arms, lifters pivoted to said arms, rollers carried by saidli'fters, and inclined guides, over which said rollers travel as the said support moves up and down, substantially as described.

6. In a reeling device, the combination of the swinging arms pivoted to a verticallymovable support and having each a horizontal portion adapted when the arms swing inward to enter a space under the coil, and a ring normally resting loosely on the reel-platform Within the coiling-spaceand havingaperipher- *ical groove, into which the ends of said arms the lifting-arms, the support. therefor, actuating mechanism for moving said support vertically in either direction, a clutch for putting said mechanism into and out of operation, an operating-rod for said clutch, and stops thereon in the path of a projection of said support, whereby the motion of the latter is arrested automatically, substantially as described.

8. The combination, with an upright reel, of discharging mechanism com prising a series of lifters, a sleeve surrounding the'reel-shaft and carrying said lifters, a worm or equivalent gearing on said sleeve, driving-gears for. imparting a vertical movement to said sleeve, and reversing mechanism, substantially as de' scribed.

9. The combination, with an upright reel, of a casing surrounding the same and having extensions at intervals constituting hollow guides, each of said guides being slotted longitudinally, a series of lifting-arms, one in each guide, a support to which said arms are pivoted, so that they can swing in' and out of said slots in said guides, friction-rollers, one

on each arm, inclined or cam surfaces traversed by said rollers, and mechanism for raising and lowering said support, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. V

CHAS. I-I. MORGAN.

W'itnesses:

PHILIP MAURO,

CHARLES J. HEDRICK. 

